I always thought Lupin should have taken out Fenrir Greyback, who was an actual evil maniac. Give Lupin some glory before he died

@ked49

Жыл бұрын

I know, balancing. Like the twin cores.

@coolnerdlll6053

Жыл бұрын

Well, at least Trelawney got to do something in the Battle of Hogwarts.

@MagusAgrippa8

Жыл бұрын

I absolutely hate that Tonks and Lupin were offscreened. They really deserved a last showdown.

@bellaknightR597

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@sarahlynn4721

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Especially because he has Tonks and little Teddy now, and I can imagine Lupin not wanting Greyback to be in the same world as Teddy because he very well could hunt him down and turn him into a werewolf to spite Lupin. Same with Tonks. Remus wouldn't want his wife and son to become one of Greybacks victims.

Thank you to that guy in cross country who told Ben about R.A.B

@ethelcipollone

Жыл бұрын

What if R.A.B please I'm a newer Harry Potter fan

@Kylee594

Жыл бұрын

@@ethelcipollone Regulus Arcturus Black

@blaze048

Жыл бұрын

​@@ethelcipolloneSirius's brother, you'll learn more about him soon

@Wombat343

Жыл бұрын

​@@blaze048 not if he is watching the movies haha read the books trust

@dodolulupepe

Жыл бұрын

@@Wombat343 RAB is in the movies

I remember scoffing when my friend's older brother said he thought Snape was in love with Lily. I also wrote a full essay, complete with citations, about how Snape did not kill Dumbledore and it was really Bellatrix with Polyjuice.

@BrailleBennett

Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see some of the evidence from that essay. That's an interesting theory. Obviously debunked now, but still really neat.

@jessicatheriault4189

Жыл бұрын

@BrailleBennett I wish I still had it!

I had a theory that Percy was actually a mole deep in the ministry and was giving Dumbledore info on what they were up to.

@alice50000

Жыл бұрын

I wish

@funkybluedandelion

7 ай бұрын

The Red-Headed Pimpernel theory

I think it's awesome that a bunch of people figured out RAB before Deathly Hallows came out. Even before SCB, Harry Potter theories were a thing of beauty.

@AlldaylongRock

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't Regulus introduced in OOTP?

@donb7519

Жыл бұрын

@@AlldaylongRock yes but a lot of sirius family members are and regulus is overshadow by belatrix

@AlldaylongRock

Жыл бұрын

@@donb7519 But we knew that Regulus was a death eater, and that he turned on Voldemort. R and B are set. The A was the missing piece.

@arunjoseph3256

Жыл бұрын

@@AlldaylongRock So just a guess back then

@thedragonwarrior5861

Жыл бұрын

​@@arunjoseph3256 aren't all theories just guesses until proof is shown

The gum wrapper Neville keeps is one of those moments that I'll randomly remember and get deeply emotional over because good god the intensity of the emotion in that small moment. I do kinda wish he'd had that moment taking out Bellatrix lol

my first theory was from a kid who had figured out that harry was indeed a secret horcrux and had to die. he surmised that harry would come back however because dumbledore is in fact not dead and teaches harry to come back from the dead like he did. basically, dumbledore is a secret animagus as a phoenix and teaches harry. the need for dumbledore not to be dead was very prevalent back then!

@alexandertaylor7316

Жыл бұрын

That theory started so well

@karenthomas1456

11 ай бұрын

I still remember the first time I read Dumbledore’s death scene. I cried like a child for ages. I think it took me a full day before I could go back to reading the book because I was so gutted.

@Bluemilk92

5 ай бұрын

Very Yoda + Obi-Wan + Skywalker. I feel it was not unreasonable.

New theory: since wizards can travel between their portraits, all the Dumbledore portraits on the Chocolate Frog cards are connected and report back to Dumbledore, and with advent of his portrait in the Headmaster’s office, it gives them a central point.

i figured out about the locket. when they found that the horcrux was a fake, i immediately thought of the locket from when they were cleaning the house.

@almudd

Жыл бұрын

Rightttt!!! Me and my bro grabbed OOTP and found that bit about the locket no one could open! Then hoped Kreacher had stolen it and just had to wait... For a book! The torture 😂

@RilianSharp

Жыл бұрын

@@almudd I was waiting for that locket to end up meaning something and it did, but lots of people also thought that Mark Evans would mean something and he never did.

@scenepunk09

Жыл бұрын

Me too I quickly realized who R.A.B was too.

@rebeccaq7291

Жыл бұрын

Omg me too! ❤

My fan theory was that it would turn out that Harry was actually a squib. His only magical abilities were the ones he gained when Voldy attacked him as a baby. Harry would have to make the huge sacrifice of giving up his future as a wizard to finish off you-know-who.

@coolnerdlll6053

Жыл бұрын

That would honestly have been an even better twist than him being a Horcrux.

@DonDueed

Жыл бұрын

@@coolnerdlll6053 - Thanks, I liked it a lot and thought there was a pretty good chance I'd figured out how the final book would go. I was wrong, of course, but I still think it was a good guess.

@Doomzdeh

Жыл бұрын

Would’ve been an amazing and tense reveal, but how would they have known that beforehand? Harry wouldn’t have known he was a Squib, and no one else would have either because they can’t tell that themselves, hence why Neville was believed a Squib until much later in his childhood.

@coolnerdlll6053

Жыл бұрын

@@Doomzdeh Maybe they'd realize that Harry and Voldemort are almost unrealistically even matched, so Harry must have Voldemort's exact skill set.

@AustynSN

Жыл бұрын

I had an opposite theory. I thought it was going to turn out Dudley was a wizard, but Dumbledore suppressed his abilities as part of a deal with Petunia so Vernon wouldn't find out.

If y'all liked this little exploration of the past, I think there's a lot more potential here for more videos. Could do each book one by one, going over what you were _supposed_ to think (Snape stealing the Stone) vs what clues there were that it wasn't actually the case. Basically picking apart how you were supposed to "solve" each story's "mystery", or see certain twists coming. Who was the one opening the Chamber? What signs were there that Sirius wasn't after Harry? What hints were there that Mad Eye wasn't the real Moody? So on and so on. I for one think that would be truly fascinating to explore.

@Goomyx1492

Жыл бұрын

That would be a lot of fun. Also videos about pre-theories for each book would be interesting.

My friend and I were convinced Fawkes was Dumbledore’s horcrux during the lead up to deathly hallows. We thought dumbledore killed grindelwald during their duel, and he was then able to make a horcrux to help defeat Voldemort

@projecteer4498

Жыл бұрын

what would interest me a lot is if he could make one even if he hadn’t killed Ariana during the duel. Considering he didn’t know and really tormented himself over it, blaming her death on himself could be seen as much more “soul splitting” than voldemort’s careless murders of others to make his own. I’d still be skeptical of him choosing to make a horcrux even if he could’ve considering the other lore theorized with that process (cannibalism, etc.), though it could work with that being the time of his life he was influenced by Grindelwald and being yet another imperfection of dumbledoor using life altering dark magic. definitely an interesting one that is fun to think about :)

@bunnybitties

Жыл бұрын

Ohhh that wouldve been so good!

@AdamIsaacs4637

Жыл бұрын

This is super interesting. Fawkes is literally immortal, so if he was a horcrux and somebody attempted to destroy the horcrux inside Fawkes, would the horcrux actually be destroyed? Or would Fawkes simply burst into flames and come back with the horcrux still attached? I’m assuming the horcrux would simply be destroyed and Fawkes would continue to live on, but if the horcrux cannot be destroyed within an immortal being, then it would be impossible to kill Dumbledore 😮

@JennifuhhGilardi

Жыл бұрын

@@projecteer4498yes but there is also the context that sometimes you can make a horcrux without realizing it

@JeremyLeaton912

Жыл бұрын

@@AdamIsaacs4637 yeah, I think that was a good point my friend made back in the day when we would discuss this theory. And when you factor in fawkes coming in to save Harry in the chamber of secrets, it really felt like everything made sense. I think it makes sense that he didn’t create the horcrux, because even with dumbledore being power hungry in his youth, I think he wouldn’t have been able to bring himself to actually perform the act of putting his soul into another living being. But we were 11/12 in the lead up to the deathly hallows, and we didn’t really consider the ramifications of what creating a horcrux would hold. We just thought, oh hey, that sounds like something super handy to defeat Voldemort. Lol.

I just about lost it laughing when Ron censored his own mother 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Mockingjay54321

Жыл бұрын

Best thing on youtube I will ever see

@emankcin1701

11 ай бұрын

Ron: "Not my daughter you b*tch, mom. Not my daughter you b*tch" Arthur *places his hand on Ron's shoulder* "Let it go, son"

I liked that chocolate frog card theory. It could have worked.

@KoniXyz

Жыл бұрын

That would've been funny and cool at the same time

My brother guessed RAB was regulus black, I guessed that Dumbledore planned his death with snape. We werent aware of the online theory community at the time, I was 12 when HBP came out and he was 13. Im still proud I got it right about snape because my brother, my grandmother and our two friends that also read Harry potter all said I was an idiot for thinking it 😂😂

I always much preferred Molly being the one to take out Bellatrix rather than Neville. Not only is it more surprising, but the symbolism of a mother's love (Molly) triumphing over obsessive lust (Bellatrix) is more poetic than just straight up revenge.

@zbanul10

Жыл бұрын

But they already had that point in lily’s death I thought It would be nevelle or harry

@satana8157

Жыл бұрын

They should have set it up before though. We never saw her as a good duelist.

@patriciaalvareztostado8170

Жыл бұрын

She killed Bellatrix to protect her children not for revenge

@alexlazzerly3677

Жыл бұрын

@@patriciaalvareztostado8170 Read my comment again slowly.

@AlldaylongRock

Жыл бұрын

@@satana8157 IMO that just makes the scene more badass. We always seen Mrs Weasley as a housewife and mother. But then she outright wrecks Bellatrix. I think in the book, even Harry is astounded by her power.

Love to see you theorizing what theories you might have theorized!

I heard ‘IF YOU WERE ALIVE IN 2007’…Does the maths…Kids are 16 now that weren’t alive in 2007…Now I feel REALLY old 😂

To be honest, I always thought after Dumbledore said that Peter was in Harry’s debt that Peter would end up saving Harry’s life in the end, thus redeeming himself and proving himself a true Gryffindor…guess I was wrong lol

@patriciaalvareztostado8170

Жыл бұрын

Was minimal what he did, he just stop for a second and paid the price for believing in Voldemort,

It's a darn shame I missed out on this exciting period of speculation and theories.

@jennfreeman1962

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I also missed out on it, and I wish I didn't.

@tylerthomas9123

Жыл бұрын

Is that sarcasm, Joe?

@joechill6327

Жыл бұрын

@@tylerthomas9123 No

@tylerthomas9123

Жыл бұрын

@@joechill6327 Oh, ok. It was really fun, after all.

I’ll admit, Harry being a Horcrux never crossed my mind. For me that was really a 🤯 moment

@rogerswift1983

Жыл бұрын

obvious, could see it from space

@RilianSharp

Жыл бұрын

i think there was a hint about it in book 6, but i didn't figure it out precisely.

@aceofspades9503

Жыл бұрын

My cousin told me this theory several months before the book was released.

Chocolate Frog cards are a way for Dumbledore to watch and hear the kids all over the school. They would be in every dorm room. Dumbledore probably had one in his office so the pictures could visit if the kids were up to no good

@pizzadohpaz

Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite theory now

@JessicaClark-lq4gw

10 ай бұрын

Thats how dumbledore always knows everything that happens in the school. 😊

@JoeyRoo

7 ай бұрын

This is cannon in my head now. I won’t accept any other reality

RAB was the first theory I came up with on my own and was the first one that it turned out I was right. I started reading Harry Potter around the time the second book was released. Being from the Netherlands, I read the Dutch translations of the books. But by the time Goblet of Fire was released, I was so eager to read the next installment that I didn't want to wait the additional 6 months for the Dutch translation to be done, so I switched to the English books. And when the Dutch translation would become available I'd read that one as well. One of the quirks of the Dutch translation though, is that they also try to translate some of the names, or at least use a Dutch version of the same name. The surname Black in English is Zwarts in Dutch, so Sirius was called Sirius Zwarts in the Dutch translation. When I read the English version of Half Blood Prince, I had no idea who RAB could be. But when I read the Dutch version, the initials were RAZ, not RAB. I immediately thought that had to be related to the Black/Zwarts family. That's how I came up with Regulus, also because he was specifically named in HBP as well.

Does anyone else remember the fandom being split right down the middle about weather Harry should live or die at the end?

@TailwagAnimation

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Being the nerd of dark storytelling that I am, I was on team death

@OnionChoppingNinja

10 ай бұрын

He died... BUT LIVED! Guess everyone's a winner... or loser. Kinda glass half full half empty situation.

I remember reading the line about Dumbledore’s look of triumph, and it bothered me, because I was convinced he was a death eater, and that was the hint to the reader and I really didn’t want the book to go down that path

Man that first theory brought up a memory. I was so sure that Pettigrew killing Lupin was gonna happen and that Voldy have Peter the *silver* hand JUST for that. Like that's why it was specially a silver hand.

I've always taken a bit amount of smug pride that I got Snape being a double agent correct. Granted the reason was different, but still.

@edwardmorris6634

Жыл бұрын

what was your suspected reason?

@Flyingturtle-uc8er

Жыл бұрын

What was the reason

@patriciaalvareztostado8170

Жыл бұрын

I always think that he was working with the good team, but he wasnt a good person, and after the six book I thought Drako wouldnt became good but he wouldnt becaeme a really bad one, or a death eather

I remember reading a fan theorie that Sirius wasn't really dead, and would be able to return. Since he died of a stunner and fell into the veil, and no one was really sure what lies behind it. I also remember that I had so much hope it would be real, up to the point where I was expecting it to happen D: It was such a bummer that it wasn't the case tho :P

I would love a series on this going back through all of the books

@staticradio724

Жыл бұрын

I agree! I was reading the books as they came out, but i wasn't really online and interacting with the fan community or anything, so I have no clue what they were thinking at the time. I would love to know, for example, what fans were theorizing in between books four and five. That would require some real internet sleuthing!

I miss the days of theorizing what was going to happen! I was convinced snape didn't really kill Dumbledore and used a nonverbal spell (which he'd been teaching all year in DADA)! How wrong I was, but it was fun to theorize!

@smkfet

Жыл бұрын

This is a good one. Much better use of the nonverbal magic lesson than the canonical...absolutely no significance whatsoever

@harringt100

Жыл бұрын

I don't get it. How would he have used a non-verbal spell when the words "Avada Kedavra" came out of his mouth?

@genio2509

Жыл бұрын

​@@harringt100 I had the same theory, so I just guessed you could say one spell (say: expelliarmus) and actually think another non verbally (ex: protego) to shoot that one (so protego) but it was really hard to do and required a lot of focus, so not normally used.

@RilianSharp

Жыл бұрын

yeah it feels like it was an intentional red herring written into the story.

@smkfet

Жыл бұрын

@@harringt100 I don't think the books ever established that silent spells worked this way, but he would have to be silently casting a spell while saying avada kedavra, the same way you would sneak a spell while having a mundane muggle conversation. The books never say you can do this, but it's not a huuge stretch for theorycrafters to assume. There's also precedent for the face that saying "avada kedavra" on it's own doesn't do anything if you don't really hate your target. Which barely comes up in the story after getting introduced with the only connection being crucio working similarly

I was quite pleased with myself for instantly recognising RAB. My first response was, "Oh, so Regulus!" and was waiting for the details more than the reveal. I think he's only mentioned in one conversation between Harry and Sirius once before the locket is found, but don't quote me

21:15 After rereading the books that is literrally my favourite line of the book. Thanks for covering that

Ahh, this made me so nostalgic. I was 18 when Deathly Hallows finally came out, but I had read every single theory article on the few big HP sites at the time. I loved the ones that were so well-argued. I had no idea which ones I believed (I remember thinking the Snape-loves-Lily theory seemed really far-fetched 😆), but they were immensely fun to read and ponder.

Awesome theories!! I absolutely love how the story goes in many directions only to merge perfectly in the end. I agree that Neville killing Belatrix would have been extremely satisfying! Lol. Great show Ben! I love SCB content and look forward to every episode.

WAIT Nevile couldn't KILL Bellatrix because of HOW he would kill her,he would rip his SOUL not Neviles personality right

@shaantanunema3073

Жыл бұрын

Probably not. It works kinda strange -- Dumbledore mentions to Severus that he wouldn't be ripping his soul to save an old man of humiliation (or something along those words). So one would think Neville wouldn't be ripping his soul for killing a dangerous dark witch. (Plus, really wanted to see some good guys cast more unforgivables - it's war, right?)

@casssieboy

Жыл бұрын

I don't think Neville is a killer. Snape's situation is different I think. Even Harry didn't want Sirius and Remus to kill Peter, because James wouldn't want his best friends to be murderers. Now that I think of it there aren't many kills that are 'justified' if you wanna call it that way. Harry knew what he was doing to Voldy but you could still call it self defense, same goes for Mrs. Weasley. Maybe it could have worked for Neville in some way but I'm happy it didn't happen.

@JennifuhhGilardi

Жыл бұрын

@@casssieboyyeah but Harry also tried to torture bellatrix out of revenge and that isn’t in his character either. Drastic situations can change things.

@patriciaalvareztostado8170

Жыл бұрын

@@JennifuhhGilardi THat was a very instinct reaction for Harry, for all the pain that he had suffered and seen Sirius die, but he couldnt do it because he was a bad person, and even in the end he fired the expel curse

I’ve always wondered when you guys actually post - as I live in Norway. Today I finally realized, as I’ve stayed up way past any reasonable bedtime. I am so grateful there is midnight sun outside!

@Bob25477

Жыл бұрын

Whoaaaaaa

@kristinmartin2899

Жыл бұрын

That’s so cool!!!

I remember talking with my dad about Dumbledore faking his own death before deathly hallows was released. That was my favorite theory for sure

I did always think it was funny that Voldy killing Harry was what sealed his own fate.

These really make sense without the context of Deathly Hallows tho

I'm dying on my hill that, "Harry's horcrux made the Dursley's more evil than they already are" theory

@shashankshekhar6952

Жыл бұрын

Now I am dying with you🥲

@hungrypandastudios6213

Жыл бұрын

@@shashankshekhar6952 What happens the very first time he's ever away from the Dursley's, he gets a bedroom What happens when he stops living with them, Dudley starts being nice What happens when Harry has an extended stay with the Weasley's for the Quidditch championship, Ron stops being friends What happens when the trio are on the run together, Ron stops being friends The Dursley's love Dudley so it's not like they're pure evil, and we find out Aunt Petunia kept Harry's blanket and always loved her sister

@shashankshekhar6952

Жыл бұрын

@@hungrypandastudios6213 it makes soo much sense bro... I've been thinking about this all day and it keeps getting more reasonable 😃 just can't seem to explain why aunt Marge was the way she was...

@hungrypandastudios6213

Жыл бұрын

@@shashankshekhar6952 Uncle Vernon side of the family is a bit worse lol

@keithg460

9 ай бұрын

@@hungrypandastudios6213 Harry gets a bedroom during book 1. They give it to him over the summer and only because the letters addressed to him said cupboard under the stairs. If Harry made those around him evil, then it would have affected Ron more than just on those occasions. All his classmates, especially his bunk mated, would have been affected, and they weren't. There are very good reasons for why Ron turned on Harry at those times, and you can't just claim that they fall in line with your theory just because some of them happen to coincide with prolonged periods, not when no one else has that issue. At the end of the day, if this had a kernel of truth, then JK would have added more clues and would have made it a central idea, but she didn't because it isn't a thing or it didn't occur to her to add that in. The theory is fun, but it simply isn't true. The Dursleys are just bad people. On a separate note: the locket didn't make Ron hate the locket, it just generally made him irritable. If Harry worked the same way, then his horcrux wouldn't have made the Dursleys hate him, it would have just made them more irritable towards each other. And they cared about each other a lot. Harry wasn't the source of their hate, he was the object of it.

I don't know why, but the cheery way that Ben said, "arbitrarily fourth!" Made me giggle. I had a bad day at work and really needed that 😂

@shashankshekhar6952

Жыл бұрын

Hoping you're fine now mate

The quotes near the end seem kinda creepy without all the context... Edit: I mean with voldemort touching and being "inside" harry

I gotta be honest, I didn't really pay much attention to fan theories until I discovered this channel.

Paintings leaving their frames to go to other portraits of themselves is something I think we only see the paintings in the Headmaster's office doing. All the other paintings in the castle have to travel through other paintings to get to wherever they are going . Like the Fat Lady going to see her friend on New Year's (or Christmas?) or Sir Cadogan keeping up with them through other paintings as they rush to Divination.

0:18 Instead of Randy Savage, I imagined… “Let me tell you, something, brother. Pottermania is runnin’ wild!” ~Hulk Hogan P. S. My uncle called it that R. A. B. was Regulas after he first read The Half-Blood Prince. He also predicted Snape being in love with Lily months before the final book’s release.

Harry thinking in his head before 1vs1 against Voldemort: "Help me for God's sake!" Ron: "Should... should we help him?" Arthur *places his hand on Ron's shoulder* "Can't you see he has to fight this battle on his own"

While I didn’t expect that Snape would die but Am I the only who who thought that at least another Hogwarts professor like The head of Gryffindor would end up dying? Or maybe even thought that Draco or Lucius Malfoy or another Weasley besides Fred was going to end up dying?????

@shaantanunema3073

Жыл бұрын

Another Weasley? I know just what to do with you. Avada Kedavra!

@TheRealCardoso

Жыл бұрын

Conclusion: not enough deaths 😂

@Flyingturtle-uc8er

Жыл бұрын

For me I would have liked if instead of crabbe dying they all made it out of the room, but then, Draco like sacrifices himselft to destroy the diadem. It would have been a good moment after half blood where he was a death eater sacrificing himself to help kill voldy would be cool

I think you guys would have a field day with Stormlight. The scope of the universe could prove a tad tricky, but I'd absolutely love to see you try. SCB-Brando sometime soon please?

@techno2823

Жыл бұрын

yeah stormlight has a ton of stuff for them to theorise about. idk if theyve ever talked about it before?

He missed the opportunity to use the chocolate frog pillow

Love your videos guys! Always made with such passion!❤❤❤❤

I was absolutely sure that Snape was on Dumbledore's side and that Dumbledore asked him to kill him, just as it turned out. I figured that had to be true because of Snape being in the Foe Glass in book 4. And he wasn't a double agent, he was a mole.

@ariannasantina

Жыл бұрын

well, a lot of times moles have to kind of act as a double agent in order to survive and successfully infiltrate.

@RilianSharp

Жыл бұрын

i was unsure about Snape the whole time. the enemy of your enemy isn't necessarily your friend.

@grantgibson8680

7 ай бұрын

I just knew that we were meant to trust Snape like Dumbledore did because of Dumbledore's role as the sort of infallible deity type character in the story.

I remember the time between books 4 and 5, it was the peak of HP craze and I got to ear some theories from friends in a time when the Internet was barely there. I remember "Harry Potter and the Green Flame" to be a rumored future title. There was also the theory that Voldemort had a daughter who would secretly attend Hogwarts in year 6 or 7. And of course, there was the big theory that Dumbledore was the actual big bad, because of "the gleam" in book 4.

@BrailleBennett

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if the daughter theory inspired the cursed child at all. That would be funny if so.

You are 100% right about that GoF line being criminally underrated! I remember reading the books for the second time and when I got that line it was like 🤯 OMG!

Everyday that SCB uploads is a good day!!🥳🥳🎉🎉🥳🥳

day 17 of politely asking the brothers to do a “What if Merope Gaunt survived Childbirth” Video. Great content as always, Thanks folks!

@boyankovachev7982

Жыл бұрын

She didn't want to live, which is kinda the point of her character. But, if she could have been different, no Voldy. One love ❤

@ked49

Жыл бұрын

@@boyankovachev7982 she despised him

“Who lives, who dies,-“ WHO TELLS YOUR STORY

2:23 that’s me! The final book came out in when I was 5, and I read (actually listened to, via Jim Dale) all the books a million times. I wish I could say that I remember the first time I listened to the final book, but I just don’t

I figured out RAB was Regulus , cause I read the first 6 books in a span of just over month. I had gotten tired of my friends telling me what was left out. My pre - Deathly Hollows theory regarding Wormtail was that while he was given to hand to take out Remus, he used it to take out Greyback in order to protect the Harry and the Weasleys. Another theory I liked was Sirius’s wand had been turned into a Portkey before he fell through the vale. So he was being held prisoner somewhere. Remember Bellatrix’s spell in the books was red, not green.

I remember spending a lot of time on mugglenet and veritaserium web pages. There were so many theories back then. I remember how excited everyone got for books 5, 6, 7 and going to the internet as soon as we finished the books.

Peter then beats lupin to death with his silver hand

I was guessing Ron would be the one to die. To motivate Harry like crazy to kill Voldemort. Thankfully I was wrong.

@BrailleBennett

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I'm pretty sure J.K. Has said in multiple interviews that she meant Ron to die but then couldn't go through with it in the end. I could be misremembering though.

@_lexxxxxx_

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@@BrailleBennett your not misremembering.

So happy for these amazing videos😊😊😊

You guys just made my Friday.

Hmm if theres a harry potter mothers quiz have mis carlin be the quiz giver

Super fun! Please do a round two on this topic!

My all-time favorite HP theory was one I found in a book analyzing the first four in the lead-up to the fifth. It was that Remus and James switched bodies as part of a prank and thus, Remus was dead and James was in his body and that’s why Remus was so intent on being close to Harry while at Hogwarts and Grimmauld Place.

You always make my day!😊😊😊

I have always been proud of younger me for catching the one line from Petuna in OOTP or HBP where she says "that boy" and harry tells her that if she means his father then he has a name. I knew she meant Snape. Granted I missed so many other more obvious things (like RAB) but still.

The Death Eaters catching on to the chocolate frog cards is less likely, in my opinion, than communication through patronuses. I always thought it would be incredibly obvious to see a patronus leaving or entering a building and when you know a person's patronus you even know who sent the message.

being a recent-ish harry potter fan (got into it 2 years ago) i am loving reading everyone’s theories in the comments. i always thought how fun it would’ve been to wait in line for the next harry potter book to release and go see the movie when it came out in theaters. but unfortunately i was a baby when the series ended.

15:47 I’m glad I’m not the only one who compulsively adds “earwax” after saying “alas” 😂

A fanfic author, St. Margarets, figured out the connection the Vanishing Cabinet had to Diagon Alley before Half-Blood Prince came out. Harry uses the cabinet in her fic to rapidly get to London from Hogwarts. Another phenomenon you might want to look into is the small kerfluffle where the fanfiction The Seventh Horcrux was sold in some countries as a leaked copy of Deathly Hallows before it came out.

I really enjoyed how genuine you were in the ad read

Day 72 of asking the SuperCarlinBrothers to please bring back Google Auto Fill videos

Awesome video really like this one compared to some of the later theory videos

Lupin is my fav character. And not just coz me and my friends refer to ourselves as the marauders (I’m Moony).

loved this! would love to see this for all the books. or just more for this one

Never thought about that communicating through the frog card as a portrait. That would be amazing! Head Cannon assimilated!

You guys were the first theory I heard(What if Harry Potter Was In Slytherin) and now I'm a full-fledged fan of you guys for a while, Keep up the good work :D

Love your videos

That photo with your mom is so sweet 🥺❤️

Ben: Dumbledore trusts candies for his space. Me: Who wouldn't?? I mean, I would👍🏻👍🏻

Oh my god i bought the 7th book as soon as the shop opened and was silly enough to walk out reading it. Not even 10 meters from the door a guy in a €1000 suit came running up to me asking WHO DIED. Wow im a fast reader BUT NOT THAT FAST LOL

Very nice vid!

I used to have this book. It was quite fun back then speculating what would happen.

Your best line ever: ‘a chocolate frog card would fly right under Voldemorts non-existent nose’. Priceless!!

You did it, Ben (and J)... you brought back the wonderful chills/ feelings of anticipation I had as I awaited "Deathly Hallows"!

i mean KZread did exist. there was a song called accio deathly hallows by hank green.

@AlldaylongRock

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The SciShow Hank Green?

@ked49

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@@AlldaylongRock yes

@RilianSharp

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@@AlldaylongRock are my replies showing up?

21:53 OHHHH I’ve been trying to find what that meant for over 10 years now thank you for finally explaining it in a way that makes sense 😂😂😂

Love y’all

I loved speculating as the books were coming out! I was an adult, but my teenaged niece got me into them, and we would anxiously await each new one. I still have an email, printed out and tucked into my copy of book six, containing some of our guesses about book seven. - We did have the diadem (a.k.a "tarnished tiara") on our horcrux list.

Watching this 3 margaritas and 1 old fashion in and listening to the mess of names between the golden trio, Neville and the marauders was just amazing

You know, there is something that always got me. If Wizards can be invisible, use magic to mask/conceal themselves from outside forces, use artifats to hide, can be Animagus,, can obliviate minds, can erase memories....why on Earth did Dumbledore knock all those street lights out when Baby Harry was being delivered to the Dursleys'? I was just rewatching the series and just noticed this.

This takes me back, I remember we were on holiday in France while my parents finished the book within a week. I had to wait until the Dutch release because I was still a bit too young too read English. So happy they were able to keep everything to themselves

Harry "Snape you're alive." Snape "Of course you idiot, didn't you read up on vampires?"

I love the vay that the gleam is almost like an insider thing in the SCB community

Props to your friend who figured out R.A.B. That’s impressive!

Thanks to Momma Carlin! ❤ Without her we wouldn't have SCB Videos.

@NickBurns-ey6od

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Uh, Papa Carlin helped.

I remember some of these theories floating around at the time! Ah, nostalgia.

What caught my eye when rereading the series umpteenth time, is that Dumbledore pretty much knows that Harry is a Horcrux from the 2nd book at least, and in the 5th book, when he sees the vision of Arthur being attacked from Nagini's perspective, Dumbledore thinks with some of his silver instruments and says, "In essence, divided?" I think it is at this point that Dumbledore realises that Nagini is a Horcrux, because Harry could see through her